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Shooting in Seattle protest zone leaves 1 dead, 1 injured

Elaine Thompson/AP

A man walks past barricades blocking a street adjacent to a closed Seattle police precinct Thursday, June 18, 2020, in Seattle, in what has been named the Capitol Hill Occupied Protest zone. Police pulled back from several blocks of the city's Capitol Hill neighborhood near the police department's East Precinct building earlier in the month after clashes with people protesting the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

By: The Associated Press

Posted at 1:13 PM, Jun 20, 2020

and last updated 2020-06-20 13:13:08-04

SEATTLE -- A shooting in Seattle's protest zone has left one person dead and another critically injured.

Authorities say the shooting before dawn Saturday happened in the area known as CHOP, which stands for Capitol Hill Occupied Protest.

Seattle Police Sgt. Lauren Truscott told The Seattle Times that she didn't know whether police had taken anyone into custody and said she had no immediate details about how the shooting unfolded.

Harborview Medical Center spokesperson Susan Gregg says two males with gunshot wounds arrived in a private vehicle at the hospital at at about 3 a.m.

One died and the other was in critical condition.

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Shooting in Seattle protest zone leaves 1 dead, 1 injured

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